Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Installation of Two High Flow Medical Oxygen Plants funded by PMCARES at AIIMS, New Delhi and RML Hospital completed
Oxygen Supply to COVID patients to begin from today
India becomes the fastest country to exceed 16 Crore cumulative vaccinations as the Nationwide Vaccination Drive expands
More than 6.7 Lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated under Phase-3 of Vaccination Drive
On a steady streak, over 3.38 Lakh Recoveries in the last 24 hours
In a significant development, two medical oxygen plants funded by PMCARES have been installed at AIIMS, New Delhi and RML Hospital within a week. Carried out on a war footing, the two plants were swiftly airlifted from Coimbatore and installed yesterday. Both the plants will start supply of oxygen by today evening.
In order to effectively address the high surge of Covid-19 cases in the country, PMCARES has allocated funds for the installation of 500 Medical Oxygen Plants across the country. These plants are planned to be set up within 3 months. In all, five high flow medical oxygen plants will be installed at AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital , Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana.
The following are pictures of the Medical Oxygen Plant from AIIMS, New Delhi.
The following are some of the pictures of the Medical Oxygen Plant installed at the DR. RML Hospital.
The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed16 Cr today as the Phase-3 of the nationwide Vaccination Drive expands further.
India took only 109 days to achieve this milestone.
In comparison, the US took 111 days while China required 116 days to achieve similar figures.
6,71,285 beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 12 States. These states are Chhattisgarh , Delhi , Gujarat , Jammu and Kashmir , Haryana , Karnataka , Maharashtra , Odisha , Punjab , Rajasthan , Tamil Nadu  and UP .
Cumulatively, 16,04,94,188 vaccine doses have been administered through 23,66,349 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 94,62,505 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 63,22,055 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,35,65,728 FLWs , 73,32,999 FLWs , 6,71,285 beneficiaries under 18-45 age group , 5,29,50,584 1st dose beneficiaries and 1,23,85,466 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 5,33,94,353  and 44,09,213  beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.
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HCWs
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FLWs
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Age Group 18-44 years
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Age Group 45 to 60 years
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Over 60 years
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Total
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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94,62,505
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63,22,055
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1,35,65,728
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73,32,999
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6,71,285
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5,33,94,353
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44,09,213
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5,29,50,584
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1,23,85,466
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16,04,94,188
Ten states account for 66.86% of the cumulative doses given so far in the country.
More than 14 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
As on Day-109 of the vaccination drive , 14,84,989 vaccine doses were given. Across 14,011 sessions, 7,80,066 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 7,04,923 beneficiaries received their 2nd dose of vaccine.
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Date: 4th May,2021 
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HCWs
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FLWs
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18-44 years
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45 to 60 years
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Over 60 years
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Total Achievement
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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1stDose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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1stDose
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2nd Dose
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1stDose
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2nd Dose
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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13,591
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22,964
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56,415
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63,855
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2,63,651
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3,21,811
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2,50,637
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1,24,598
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3,67,467
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7,80,066
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7,04,923
India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,69,51,731 today. The National Recovery Rate is 82.03%.
3,38,439 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten states account for 73.4% of the new recoveries.
Seventeen States/UTs have a weekly positivity rate lower than the national average .
Nineteen States/UTs have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average.
3,82,315 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten States including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka,Kerala,Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan report 70.91% of the new cases.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 51,880. It is followed by Karnataka with 44,631 while Kerala reported 37,190 new cases.
India’s total Active Caseload has reached 34,87,229. It now comprises 16.87% of the country's total Positive Cases. A net incline of 40,096 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.
Twelve states cumulatively account for 81.25% of India’s total Active Cases.
The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%.
3,780 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Ten States account for 74.97% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . Uttar Pradesh follows with 351 daily deaths.
Seven States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Meghalaya, D&D & D&N, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and A&N Islands.